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How do you cite a website in MLA format in a research paper?

Is this the proper way? The correct way to cite a website in a research paper is <http://www.xxxxx.com>/? I got a book from the library on MLA formatting and also looked online. I have yet to find the answer to my question. Thank you.

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    the web link (below) provides: MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources (Web Publications)

    Citing an Entire Web Site

    It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available on one date may no longer be available later. If a URL is required or you chose to include one, be sure to include the complete address for the site. (Note: The following examples do not include a URL because MLA no longer requires a URL to be included.)

    Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.

    Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

    The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr. 2008.

    Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.

    Course or Department Websites

    Give the instructor name. Then list the title of the course (or the school catalog designation for the course) in italics. Give appropriate department and school names as well, following the course title. Remember to use n.d. if no publishing date is given.

    Felluga, Dino. Survey of the Literature of England. Purdue U, Aug. 2006. Web. 31 May 2007.

    English Department. Purdue U, 20 Apr. 2009. Web. 14 May 2009.

    A Page on a Web Site

    For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.

    "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

    see web link for more descriptions within topic as well as access to additonal descriptions

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